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ROBERT TANGEN (RobertM2S) - BPL Premium Member

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All Forum Posts by ROBERT TANGEN

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Risks
Roger: They say that fast and light is often safer than slow and heavy, but when you can buy much warmer footwear which is only slightly if any heavier, why risk your toes with flimsy boots? When R...

In Editor's Roundtable » Doing Denali Light: Post-Trip Report and Gearlist
September 03, 9:13pm
Overboots
Matt: What if we modify the thought experiment a little, and it is a balmy zero at the summit, then at the "Football Field" on the way down it is 20 MPH at minus 20. That's colder t...

In Editor's Roundtable » Doing Denali Light: Post-Trip Report and Gearlist
September 03, 8:43pm
No Overboots?
I am no expert, but if we do a little thought-experiment, let’s say a person who has no overboots is climbing up Denali, and at Denali Pass it is calm, sunny and a mild 0 degrees F. Then, at the...

In Editor's Roundtable » Doing Denali Light: Post-Trip Report and Gearlist
September 03, 4:56pm
Denali Light
Please arrange your next Denali climb so that you get to enjoy a 10-day blizzard at the 17,200 high camp, so I can really feel confidant in your gear set-up.

In Editor's Roundtable » Doing Denali Light: Post-Trip Report and Gearlist
August 29, 2:35pm
Denali List
OK, sorry if I was too hard on them.

In Gear Lists » Impossible UL Denali List?
August 23, 10:55pm
Impossible UL Denali List?
Can it be that we have not yet received a Denali UL gear list because such a list is not realistic? Unless a person pre-acclimatizes by climbing surrounding peaks over a period of many days, then ...

In Gear Lists » Impossible UL Denali List?
August 23, 5:46pm
Insulated trail shoe
FWIW: "The first insulated soft-shell trail shoe fuses PrimaLoft to fabric using a lamination pattern that doesn't stifle airflow. TNF "Storm Peak," $120.00." (Magazine bl...

In GEAR » Isulated trail shoe
August 20, 8:08pm
Hallucinations?
Doug: Exactly how do you induce those hallucinations? Do any of your trips take you near those pot farms I hear are common in Northern California? LSD farms?

In Gear Lists » 15-20 Hours a Day 3-5 Days, Low Fiddle Factor
August 19, 12:45pm
No trekking poles?
Here's what Michael Popov said about trekking poles on his JMT record-breaking trip: "Wherever I couldn’t run – I aggressively walked, getting a full use out of my trekking poles…. ...

In Gear Lists » 15-20 Hours a Day 3-5 Days, Low Fiddle Factor
August 19, 11:27am
Yari
I enjoyed doing this trip vicariously through your report, since I willl never, ever be in a position to do it in person. Did you use or wish you had brought along some light (aluminum?) crampons ...

In Post-Trip Reports » Yarigatake-san, Japan
August 16, 12:08pm

All Reader Reviews by ROBERT TANGEN

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Rab Boreas extremely thin soft shell
1. David Chenault: “I'm a huge fan. It's been a great layer for BC skiing thus far. I expect it to be fairly bug proof too.” 2. Noted mountain climber Nils Nielsen: “The last month I’ve be...

In Clothing - Wind & Soft Shell
March 06, 3:44pm
WalMart / "Starter" compression shorts
(Others have written that they like these, and I agree.) The WalMart / “Starter” compression shorts are: 1. Long enough to prevent abrasion, even if you have massively muscled, Greek God-like thighs...

In Clothing - Baselayer & Fleece - SYNTHETIC
May 02, 1:12pm
MLD 2009 Revelation
Five Stars! I love the new 2009 Revelation from Mountain Laurel Designs! I haven’t wrung it out like Ryan Jordan did for the pack he recently reviewed, so I don’t have his detailed data base, but th...

In Backpacks - Frameless
May 21, 6:12pm